‘This is the first song I ever wrote with Mike Chapman and it was a life changing moment for me, the whole experience. (The writing credits also include Mike’s longtime partner, Nicky Chinn, but the truth is Nicky wasn’t in the country when we wrote ‘Better be Good To Me’. Because of his contractual agreements with Mike, I had to agree to let his name go on as a writer. I was never happy about that) .

My band Spider was in the finishing stages of the second record, and I wanted Mike to produce a track this time. (I had always wanted Mike to produce us from the beginning, but he had other commitments so he designated Peter Coleman, his longtime engineer as our producer). I thought that if I wrote the song with Mike, I could convince him to produce the track as well, which he did. It was soon after its release, when I left Spider that it was played to Tina Turner in an A & R meeting at Capitol Records. Legend has it that she jumped out of her seat and said, ‘this is it, this is what I want to sing, and the message I’ve been wanting to say’. Nine songs later, it has been my experience that Tina does not like to sing songs where she is perceived as a victim. She only wants to sing positive, empowering songs. I love that about her’. -HK

Worldwide, Private Dancer has been estimated to have sold over 20 million copies

Has been on every Tina Turner Greatest Hits package and been performed on every Tina Turner tour to this day